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I have names next to some of them, but if you finish a book that meets a goal we'll use yours instead and get a new goal sooner. And the other book will likely meet a goal in the future.
Hopefully that makes sense.
I don't think I'm gonna do the pretty girls BOM. it's a good book but I've got some more tempting looking ones waiting for me. I'm about a third of my way through modern romance (I powered through last night while I was knitting) and I've got the axemans jazz waiting too
I've finished reading The Rest Falls Away and it worked for: "Read a book that has the birthstone Topaz in the text or title" goal.Then I used Shadow Blade (read by Shy) for (new) goal: "Read a book where the page numbers add to 11 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)"
Waiting for new goal...
GOAL UPDATE- Read a book that is in the "Most Interesting Magic System" Listopia List [Dragana]
- Read a book with 91+ chapters [Judith]
- Read a book whose author died 2-5 years ago [Sonya]
- Read a book where a character dies of natural causes
- Read a book with 1-10 chapters
My thread shelf for team Thor is tt2016
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Okay, it seems to be pulling your read books now. Takedown Twenty was pulled into the spreadsheet. Your others haven't been because there isn't a 'date read' on those books.
Which I don't think is your fault since it shows you rated the books. My guess is if you used the Goodreads app, it's being stupid and didn't mark the date read like it should of.
I think you might need to go in and set the read date on the others.
Sorry this is turning into such a pain for you, hopefully from here on it won't be such a hassle :/
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Periodically it would be good for everyone to check the spreadsheet to make sure all of their books are showing up and to check out the information on the Goalless Book tab.
If there is something else you might think is useful for the to include on a particular book on the goalless tab, please let Imke, Dragana, or I know by posting in a thread or PM and we can add it to the spreadsheet.
I think we are doing well! Happy Reading everyone :)
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That is the master team spreadsheet where all the info gets entered. The overall tab is the summary, Goal tab is for completed and current goals, BOM is for tracking team activities for Books of the Month, Goalless books is for keeping track of books read and available when new goals are generated, and there are pages for each team member and their completed books.
Only captains, co-captains, and mentor/moderators have editing rights. So if something needs to be done/fixed/added let us know.
The status spreadsheet is team totals across all the teams playing TT and current rankings.
Hope that helps some with navigating the information.
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New Goal:
Read a book with a white cover
None of the goalless books have a white cover but my next read is
which will work for this goal.
For the new one can I read binge? The cover inside the jacket is white
Caitlyn wrote: "For the new one can I read binge? The cover inside the jacket is white"Sadly I don't think that counts. I've checked the covers of the other versions of Binge and they all look the same.
I've finished The Host, longest book I've read and I think I'm going to take a break from long books. I'm going to satisfy my brain with shorter books for a while ;)
FINALLY finished my first book! For the book to count, do I have to have started it before the challenge began? I have a couple that I started weeks or months ago that I put down and haven't picked back up that I was thinking about using for my next read.
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How did you enjoy The Name of the Wind, Judith?
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I really loved the book. It took me a little while to get into it. Partly because I think it begins a bit slow as it introduces the people and a bit about the world and partly because work has been bananas and I didn't have the time to sit and read when I first started the book. So I was only reading small bits at a time.
But once I got to the part where he's telling his story I was totally sucked in and the pages flew.
For me at least, this book lived up to the hype. Which is a nice change. And when my husband and I were at a bookstore on Friday, we picked up book 2 :)
So if I read a book in March, I can re-read it again now since it's been six months right? I really want to re-read the fallen series.
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Correct! As long as it's been at least 6 months, re-read away :)
The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology
Little fun for Norse teams
How to play
There are 9 worlds to choose from.
◈ Each team member that completes a task in world receives 5 points for their team
◈ Team members can complete a task more than once
◈ Any team that completes all tasks in all worlds receives a bonus 10 points
◈ Books read from start of TT till December 15th can be used
◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for Tower Teams
◈ Book can be used only for one task
◈ The usual book length rules apply: Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com
◈ There will be a spreadsheet for the Captains to update and track the teams points
◈ This is challenge just for fun and does not have any connection with points to Tower Teams. Nobody has to feel obligated to participate.
What you win
Bragging rights ☺
The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology
Little fun for Norse teams
Asgard - home of the gods and goddesses. In the middle of the world, high up in the sky is Asgard. Connected to other worlds with Bifrost (Rainbow Bridge). Part of Asgard is reserved for Valhalla, place where worthy Vikings 'go' for the afterlife.
- Read a book with gods and/or godesses
- Read a book with plenty of sky on the cover
- Read a book featuring vikings
- Read a book with rainbow on the cover
- Read book where all letters of VALHALLA can be found in title, author and/or series (all 3 can be used)
Vanaheim - home of old gods - masters of magic and sorcery and predicting the future. Nobody knows where exactly the land is located, or even how it looks like. According to some versions of Norse cosmology it seems to be poised between the heavens and the earth.
- Read book tagged as magic
- Read a book where main character is wizard/witch
- Read a book set anywhere on Earth
- Read a book with something/someone in between (eg. between jobs, looking new place to live, 'third' in relationship,...)
- Read a book where someone can predict future (eg. visions, tarot, tea leaves,...)
Alfheim - home of the Light Elves set near Asgard in the heaven. The light elves are beautiful creatures. They are considered the "guardian angels" and are minor gods nature and fertility and inspiration to art or music.
- Read a book with light cover
- Read book featuring elves
- Read book with beautiful cover
- Read book mentioning 'guardian angel'
- Read book where main character is artist (any kind)
Midgard - home of the Humans also known as middle earth. Connected to Asgard with Rainbow Bridge. Around Migdard is impassable ocean where huge sea serpent (aka Midgard Serpent) lives.
- Read book set in New Zealand
- Read book tagged as LGBT
- Read book with big body of water on cover
- Read book with snake/serpent in it (can be real, toy, tatoo,... but it needs to be part of the book not just mentioned. eg. someone holding toy works, but someone mentioning they saw toy in shop, won't)
- Read a book where someone bites
Jotunheim - home of the Giants consist mostly of rocks, wilderness and dense forests, so the giants lives from the fish in the rivers, and the animals in the forest, because there is no fertile land. The whole world was created from the corpse of the first Giant. Jotunheim is separated from Asgard by the river, which never freezes over. It lies in the snowy regions on the outermost shores of the ocean.
- Read a book with title starting with G (a, an the can be excluded)
- Read book with exterior on the cover
- Read book where someone hunts and/or fishes
- Read a book set on the farm/ranch
- Read a book where someone comes back to life
- Read a book with snow on cover
Svartalfheim - home of the Dark Elves. They hate sun so they live in the murky underground. They are hideous and can be of a great pain in the neck to the humans many describe them as being extreme annoying. The dark elves are nothing but trouble. Many Norse thought that dark elves were also responsible for nightmares. The dark elves can not be exposed to the sun, if the sun’s beams of light reached them they would instantly turn into stones.
- Read a book with dark cover
- Read a book with troublemaker
- Read a book where someone has nightmare
- Read a book with sun on cover
- Read a book that was annoying to you
Nidavellir - home of the Dwarves and means Dark Fields. Dwarves live under the rocks, in caves and underground. The dwarves are masters of craftsmanship.
- Read a book where author has initial D or F (or both)
- Read book set in underground (partly is enough)
- Read book with craftsman
- Read book with less than 200 pages
Niflheim - World of Fog and Mist also known as "Mist home". That part is darkest and coldest region in the world set in northern parts. In the lands of Niflheim there is located the eldest of the three wells (Hvergelmir) that is protected by the huge dragon. It is said that all cold rivers come from Hvergelmir and that it's actually origin of all living and the place where every living will go back (part of Niflheim is Helheim - home of the dead).
- Read book with weather word in title or series (fog, mist, rain, sun,...)
- Read book set in cold place
- Read book with dragon
- Read book written by author from northern hemisphere
- Read first or last book in series
Muspelheim - land of Fire. It was created far to the south of the world. Muspelheim is a burning hot place, filled with lava, flames, sparks and soot. It is the home the of fire giants, fire demons that will fight against gods in Ragnarok and turn Asgard into a flaming inferno.
- Read hot book (interpret it at will ☺)
- Read book set in southern hemisphere
- Read book tagged as war
- Read book with fire on cover, title or series name
- Read book with demons
❀Tea❀ wrote: "The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology
Little fun for Norse teams
Asgard - home of the gods and goddesses. In the middle of the world, high up in the sky is Asgard. Connected to other wor..."
Can a book count for more than one world?
Caroline wrote: "Can a book count for more than one world? "Let's go by TT rules and say that one book count for only one task (and by that one world).
I'll add that to rules. :)
Unless I am missing it is there a spot where this is located for us to sign up so I can make a post to keep all my books read in one spot so I know what tasks are left to complete?
Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Unless I am missing it is there a spot where this is located for us to sign up so I can make a post to keep all my books read in one spot so I know what tasks are left to complete?"You can keep track in read books thread.
I'll let your captains decide how they want to track it beside spreadsheet.
We can mix and match tasks right or do we have to complete all tasks in a world before we do another one?
Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "We can mix and match tasks right or do we have to complete all tasks in a world before we do another one?"Mix and match. You can even do same task more than once :)
Thanks Tea awesome challenge by the way.
Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology Mini challenge Points:Ok ladies since we can use books from the start of TT I have 2 that we can get 10 additional points on:"
Just want to make sure it's clear...
This doesn't have any effect on tower team points. It's only little competition between Norse teams. :)
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Later tonight I'll use one of my reserve posts on the Thor Books Read thread and mark off the ones we've completed. With some of the books we've already read, we have some of these met already.
I know we can do the tasks more than once, but I know people might want to target an incomplete task. I figure if I mark ones completed at least once all in one spot it will be easier for people to figure out what's left.
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Everyone, when you post your info on the books read thread, if you know it meets one of the mini-challenge tasks, add that as well.
If it meets more than one, put them all down and Imke/Dragana/I can move things around to get the best coverage since each book can only be used once.
And Tea, Love this mini-challenge :)
I will try my best to keep up with all this, if I forget to add things to my read posts I'm sorry in advance I will more than likely forget.
Oh and I have another question, I am currently listening to an audio book but it doesn't say how many pages just that its 8 hers and some odd minutes, how do you figure out the pages from that?
Andrea wrote: "Oh and I have another question, I am currently listening to an audio book but it doesn't say how many pages just that its 8 hers and some odd minutes, how do you figure out the pages from that?"In case of audiobooks with no pages, we use default edition on GR
I've just taken the print edition and used that for audio books
Okay, I was just checking..I went through all the editions and didn't see pages so I wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my time listening to this book :)
So are we doing the Norse team for Thor
I love it when you finish a book, check the open goals, and it fits, woo! I just posted Birdsong in the books read thread, it fits 1-10 chapters.
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Read a book with a briefcase on the cover
I'm half way trough the book for interesting magic system goal. It really is interesting. :)Did someone stumble into a character that died of natural causes during the book? I didn't notice how rare that is until the goal popped up.
Love the mini challenge idea. :)
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Hi Sonya did you put the book on your TT shelf? It doesn't show up on the spreadsheet. Neither are other books you've finished.
Could you also post a comment in the books read thread and add a little more information on the book (like the setting of the story, if anything remarkable happens to one of the characters). We can then maybe use the book for future goals. Here is the link to the finished books thread Thor books read.